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the trick is to spend 30 years stacking the courts with charlatans who value the political project above all else, and to have a congress full of complete loser
by bananapub 2y ago
the trick is to spend 30 years stacking the courts with charlatans who value the political project above all else, and to have a congress full of complete losers with no self respect or desire for public service
- vuln 2y agoDang. I didn’t know MAGA existed 30 years ago. Hell they didn’t even exist 20 years ago. Quite powerful.
- CursedSilicon 2y agoThis isn't a MAGA thing. This rot started with Nixon
- SauciestGNU 2y agoThe rot started with the Business Plot, it's just that WW2 beat fascism back for a generation and they couldn't functionally regroup until Nixon's time.
- alabastervlog 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation Working to dramatically alter the courts and protect criminal presidents from consequences since 1973. Notice what very-recent document they're behind, having "2025" in the title. Take a look over the "positions" section, too. I don't want to overstate the situation, but this organization is pretty close to being the most-apt answer to "why can't we have nice things?"